What is "absquatulate"

Absquatulate \Ab*squat"u*late\, v. i. To take one's self off; to decamp. [A jocular word. U. S.] [1913 Webster] ||

1837, "Facetious U.S. coinage" [Weekley], perhaps based on a mock-Latin negation of squat "to settle." Said to have been used by the U.S. Western character "Nimrod Wildfire" in the play "The Kentuckian," as re-written by British author William B. Bernard and staged in London in 1833. Related: Absquatulated; absquatulating.

vb. 1 (context intransitive slang English) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to take oneself off; to decamp; to depart, flee. (from 19th c.)(R:SOED5: page=9) 2 (context intransitive slang English) to abscond.

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along [syn: abscond, bolt, decamp, run off, go off]